Hack and like frame saw



' Patented Mar. 30; 1926.

UNITED STATES "PA-TENT. OFFICE.

EDWARD CHARLES FREDERICK OAKLEY, OF NORBURY, ENGLAND, ASSTGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ARTHUR COLLIER, OF LONDON; ENGLAND.

HACK AND LIKE FRAME SAW.

Application filed March 6, .1925. Serial N0.'13,59:0.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWARD CHARLES FREDERICK OAKLEY, a subject of. the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Nor-bury, in the county of Surrey, England,

have invented certain new and useful Im- .provements in Hack and like Frame Saws,

of'which the following is'a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in hack and like frame saws, and it has for its object a form of frame which will enable large sheets of metal or other materialto be cut up in any desired manner.

The frames of hand operated hack saws as at present constructed are so formed that it is impossible to separate from a large sheet of metal, a piece of greater width than the distance between the saw and the back of the frame. V

I attain the'object of this inventionby the construction shown in the accompanying drawingin which 1 I Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a plan partly in line 2, 2 of Figure 1, and

Figures section. on

4 respectively of Figure 1.

The frame comprises a long upper rigid member 1 to one end ofwhich a handle 2 is,

suitably attached, an element of sheet metal 4 riveted or otherwise secured to said member, a short rigid member 3 riveted or otherwise secured to the element it at as great a distance from the member 1 asthe depth of said element will allow and approximately beneath the opposite end of the member 1 to that to which the handle 2 is attached, and means by which the saw blade' 5 may be secured to and tensioned between 1 he members 1 and 3. A convenient method of mounting the blade 5 is that illustrated in which the blade is securedat one end by a bolt and nut 7 to the member and at its othercnd is securedbya bolt and nut 8, which passes through a slot 9 formed in the member 1 to an adjusting device which comprises a pair of links 10, the other ends I of which are connected to the head of a screw threaded member 11 which passes through a washer plate 12 provided onits A outer end with a nut 18. The element 4: which is of triangular shape has a thickness 6 not greater than thethickness 'off the saw 3 and 1 are. end-elevations as viewed in, the direction of the arrows 3 and v V p i V Y l. A hack saw comprising a-bar, a handle blade to be e'nriploy'etl: Although this e1 e-" may if desired be made of skeleton form.

' ment is preferably made as a solid Web it "The rigid membersl and 3 may eachconsist of two strips of metal between which the element- 4 is placed and the several parts riveted together. The strips forming the upper rigid members may be bent upwards and backwards, and, with-a piece of wood placed between the strips, constitutes the handle 2.

It will be understood that if it is desired to cut material of greater thickness "than is possible with a frame ofthe proportions illustrated, an element at of greater depth may be employed so as to increase the distance between the members 1 and 3. i

It is not material that the member 3 be 7 arranged parallel with the member 1; it may within limits bearranged in angular relation thereto. It will be appreciated that as the sheet metal element 4 connecting the two elements 3 "andf8 is not thicker than the saw blade it will not only follow said blade into the cut made and so permit of any length 01' width of sheet being out but will also act as a guide to'the saw blade.

What I claim is the blade, of a frame comprising two bars of unequal lengths, a sheetvmetal web the thickness of which is not greater than the saw blade which carries and spaces said bars the position of the shorter of said bars relative to the longer one being towards one. end of said longer bar, a handle carried by the longer bar at the end opposite to the end adjacent to the shorter bar, and means for attaching the blade to said frame so that it lies in the same Plane as the web. 9

3s A hack saw comprising two bars of unequal length; a'handle mounted on one end of the longer bar; a sheet metal web of triangular shape for supporting and spacing said bars one edge of said web being attached to the longer bar another edge of which lies at approximately right angles to lies at an angle 01 approximately 450 to'said longer bar, the thickness of said Web being net greater than the saw blade to be enipl oyed; and a saw blade tensieI-imlbetween,

said bars so that it lies in juxtaposition to the angular edge of the Web and: the same plane.

4. A haeksaw fi 'aine eonipnising two bars of unequal length; a handle mounted on ene end of and abeve the Ion-gem" bar; a' triangular WBlCX of sheet metal i' l'gid ly'se curedto said bars forspaeing and positionannular. edge of the Web, and for tensioning said blade.

EDWARH CHARLESJLFREDERECK OAKLEY. 

